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Good Sunday Fam! Live from a gloomy Everbank Field in Jacksonville, it is the Tampa Bay Bucs and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bucs (4-8) are trying to snap a six-game losing streak. The Jags (3-9) are trying to snap a three-game slide. Jacksonville leads the regular-season series, 3-1 and has won both meetings in Jacksonville. Despite their record, the Jaguars have the league’s top rusher in Maurice Jones-Drew. The Jags also have the league’s fifth-best defense. The Bucs are 29th… Read More »

Here is a little look at the Tampa Bay Bucs’ next opponent: the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jags are 3-9 (2-4 at EverBank Field). They have lost three straight and four of their last five games. They have undergone a change as the team fired coach Jack Del Rio and replaced him with defensive coordinator Mel Tucker. Owner Wayne Weaver also announced the sell of the Jags to Shahid Khan. Jacksonville has won three of the four regular-season meetings with the… Read More »

What’s going on Fam! Live from a less than sold out Raymond James Stadium is the third preseason game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jacksonville enters with an 0-2 mark, while Tampa Bay is 1-1. While the third preseason game is usually the dress rehearsal game before the regular season, the Bucs will be without several key players. Quarterback Josh Freeman (thumb) is out. Right guard Davin Joseph has an ankle injury. Receiver Maurice Stovall also… Read More »

You better believe the owners are tacking this to the walls of their war rooms. Forbes magazine said the average value of NFL teams dropped for the first time since it started keeping track in 1998. The magazine also said the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one of the teams that have lost value. In the article, the magazine said NFL teams average value decreased by 2 percent from last year to $1,022 billion. The Bucs were ranked 13th (out of… Read More »

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have confirmed the dates and times of their 2010 preseason games. The Bucs will open at Miami on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. Next is a home game at Raymond James Stadium on Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. against the Kansas City Chiefs. Tampa Bay will next play the Jacksonville Jaguars at home on Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Bucs will conclude their preseason with a road game at Houston on Sept. 2. That game… Read More »

There is a new face in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason as the Kansas City Chiefs will be taking on the Bucs at Raymond James during the second week of the preseason. The Bucs will open the preseason on the road at Miami, followed by a game against the Chiefs. Jacksonville comes to Tampa Bay the following week, with the Bucs heading to Houston for the preseason finale. Dates and times will be announced later. WFLA-TV will broadcast all of… Read More »